La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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LA S!XLLE AChADEfWV around the corner I saw Manager Trernan of the Yanks showlng Georgie Kam how to grrp the bat The game soon started and needless to say It lmed up to our expectation that lt would be a hard fought game When the first ball was pltched I heard the loud sonorous volce of the umplre No mrstak card my thoughts were confirmed While turnmg back the pages of my score card I chanced across the announcement Last chance to see the marvelous play The Brrth of an Ideal starrmg Leo Duprey greatest drama trst of his trme Reading further I notrced the names of Ray Baker and lwom McAdams the funsters After reading thls announcement I heard some borsterous fellows razzmg the umplre They turned out to be lmmle Coffey and Pop Con nery These two conducted a cholce chain of drug stores second only to Doherty and Farrell Inc the lnternatronally known manufacturlng drugglsts just as I arose from my seat to see the pretty young thing down rn front I saw the ball go ffoatlng over the fence for a home run When I looked to see who the hero was I saw George Kam Joyfully rounding the bases This proved to be the only run of the day After the game I went to the dressing room and talked with Brll llernan I found that George and Bull were the wealthy owners of a large hotel I found that Bull was the wealthy owner of McGroarty s Soaf Soap Manufacturing Com pany While I was thus mqurrmg the debonarr reporter of the News ournal burst Into the room no other than Alfred Orsml Provrdences most energetic reporter On our way home we stopped rn at Ed Murphy s Athletic Club Inside the club two flghters were being exammed by Doctor Fitz patrlck We left Ed and soon came to St Ed ward s Church and we dropped ln to see Father Geoghegan who was msplrmg the nation with hrs weekly broadcast From here we went to Provrdence s most ex cluslve night club We met Martrn Noonan the manager and he saw to lt that we got good tables The guest orchestra was George Bren nans Melody Makers Percy Moran ac companled hlm at the plano who by the way was considered the best planlst 1n the United States and It rs rumored he IS maklng more money than that lovable person the agmg Rudy Vallee of old tlmes As Lmus concluded who should come along but Ambrose Q Red Flynn now an equally famous orchestra leader and a one time member of the La Salle Academy Orchestra We were able to pry hum loose from the fol lowmg While on an arrplane trlp a month ago from Chrcago to Provldence I chanced to rude wrth the presldent of the lmes Way McDonald and NINETEEN THIRTY ONE Flfty seven s J., L-.T ' ' . 'idk , V ' . 1 I l X - L .. N . . . . . 1 X I x -f - E ' .. . , , . , . . . , ' ' 1 In n u as 1 s c . - . . . . , , ing that voiceQ Ed Short, looking at my score , , , , 1 1 ' , I , fl I n s ' . , ' n n , . - 3 , - V , V . . 1 1 I . I , J' ' ll 'Y ' - , . . . 1 ' . , . . . ' f' , , I r 1 . 1 , , , , ' 4

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MARCDON AND WHITE ofhces of Murphy Plunkett and Murphy And on the floor above we came upon the combined ofhces of Doctors C Carroll Devlm and Vincent Costello emment speclallsts The mam offices of Lareau and Lareau dealers m fme woolens and worsteds also were on thls floor On the very top floor was the gymnaslum operated by a trlo of old frlends Wetzel King and Moran Flhe racllo statlon W ED operated by Rev ohn E. Dunn renowned radlo lecturer was also located on the floor Father Dunn IS frequently assisted ln his broadcasts by Senator ames McGowan 011 leavmg we met I..mus Sheehan now a famous broker who told us the followmg story of hrmself and hls classmates I recelved the followmg letter the other day from my old frrend and classmate Al Daley Ill read lt to you You are cordially lnvlted to be the guest of Providence R I This note struck my attention as I returned from my boresome day at my seat Ill he stock exchange Eagerly I grabbed the chance of gettmg a rest from my tedious posltlon and m two days I put all my work aside and was on my M ay to Providence by the American Alr ways Express All through the trlp my mlnd wandered back to that short 25 years ago when Al and I were classmates back ln good old La Salle Much water had flown through the old duck pond m back of the school smce we last roved through our Alma Mater s halls When I descended from the plane I was met by Al s chauffeur ack Struck who escorted me to the automoblle ack was hired by Al rlght after he had been married thls was Just when Al was maklng hrs hrst mllllon as a chain store mag nate We soon arrlved at Als and as I de scended my host came out and Joyfully welcomed by Bernle McElroy who had now grown sxde taps After dmner I found that Al was Just as much a baseball fan as ever and suggested that we take m a game So as ack was drrvmg us down Westminster Boulevard I suddenly heard the tvxeet tweet of a pollcemans whistle ack stopped and the audaclous volce of the blg cop entered my ears When he came up to the window I recognlzed htm as ohn Clancy When he saw us he let us by undisturbed Suddenly we passed by a classy truck and a big slgn on the slde blazed out the following announcement I: .I Lachappelle Farm Produce nl he truck was parked lll front of Bolger and Morans Market Finally we ar rlved at the ball park and parked the car Ill Les Croue motor mart At the box office we bought our trckets from Irvmg Proulx Peekmg through the alsles we halled Blg Bull McC-roarty premier twlrler of the Yankees who was llmbermg up As I turned ALUM NGOLDEN I. Fifty sux J. . . J. ' . I ' ' I . J 1 .. , .. ' ' , , I , , ' - I Mr. and Mrs. Albert Daley, J,-U at their home in me to his new home. Lunch was then announced ' 1 . ' ' . , . U J I ' ' U B l E E

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MAROON AND WHITE his partner oe Regan and we two began rem mrscrng our old classmates Regan told me of a recent trrp to Washrngton where he had vrsrted Senator ames McCarthy of Rhode Island and Congressman McDermott While McDonald told of hrs stay rn the Carleton Hotel rn New York whrch mcrdentally was owned by old Mattre Lynch whrle rn New York rt was Macs good fortune to attend the world serles game between the Yankees and Grants whrch the Grants won because of the Hashy prtchrng of Curley Conley lhe plane soon reached rts destrnatron and we alrghted on the Kay Mur alr pond oper ated by two old classmates rmmre Kennedy and Iom Murphy From the arr pond to the center of the crty was a luxurrous rrde rn one of the Casey Taxr Company new cars I then left my old frrends to drne ln one of the Berlam Fraatz Restaurants On entermg I purchased a copy of the Telegram whrch was owned by the Murphy Syndrcate whose presrdent was John Murphy Glancrng over the front page I read General Raymond Kelly grven command of new Army headquarters rn New York I later found an ad vertrsement featurmg Fred Fogartys famous or chestra My attentron was now drawn to the theatre revrews wrrtten by Gordon Harrison the famous starrmg George Morrarty and I was further rn terested to hnd that the prcture was adapted from Elor Lareau s recent sensatronal novel of the same name I left the restaurant for a stroll and happened to pass the Merchants 'I rust Burldmg whrch was erected by the Wallace Constructron Company and housrng the Merchants Irust Company whrch boasted as Presrdent Arthur Murray and Vrce Presrdent ohn Fogarty I soon came to the new Crty I-Iosprtal where Doctors D1 Prete and McCaffrey worked on the sta On the old Unron Statron grounds stood the new Duquette hotel owned by our old classmate and entermg I found ohn Fogarty another old classmate rn the lobby and we began talkmg of cent trrp to Boston rn the company of Doctor Caffrey the well known dentrst where they vrs rted Governor Bob Dunn of Massachusetts and hrs Lreutenant Governor Meenan Strll later rn the day we came upon one of the members of Class 4 D of 31 It was Chrck Donahue now sportrng edrtor of the News ournal and berng a newspaper man he had the low down on everybody rncludrng hrs old pals Here rt rs as he told rt to us One stormy nrght I betook myself to a theatre for a quret evenrng s entertarnment As I boarded the electrrc I was accosted by an officer of the GOLDENU I- Frfty eight 9 J 9 ' -I - r ll . M . . . .. ., Joe , J. . I , , I - ' ff. 1 4 l n . , J , Critic. He discussed the picture. Columbia, old times at La Salle. Then he told me of a re- . W, , A. I ' so n Q V -A 'U' I I I ' I - it ' .4 at I ' a - T I N ' ' B I E E